Multiple reporter openings, U-T San Diego

He'll find someone. The salary could be $25K and he'd find someone.

Larry is a great editor, so is Todd. Whoever gets this job will get to be the lowest-paid NFL writer in the country, but they'll live in the best city in the country and work for two great editors.

 

And nothing that anyone says here changes that, Moddy. That's my point. If there's to be no negative discussion of job postings, then we should just post jobs and then lock the threads.

It's fair to comment that that's below a comfortable living in that area, and it's fair to point out the two-year position. It's up to each individual reader/applicant to decide how to proceed.

 

And let me say this: A two-year guarantee looks really fucking good to me right now. But I can't move to SD, and I can't pay my bills on that salary, so I won't apply.

Still doesn't mean people can't comment on the content of a job posting.

 

(And yes, I know it was intentional.)

That being said, I'm pretty sure we don't pull punches when entry level jobs are posted with pay of $15-20K. So we shouldn't look favorably on big papers also taking advantage of the market and asking people to do a beat job for less than I made at my second job in the business.

 

But the pay, as much as the general job insecurity in the business, represents the avalanche-like movement away from a sustaining and credible profession for educated adults. Nothing against the U-T (Mrs. Editude is an alum) or the incoming leadership, but when a media company in one of the country's 10 largest cities pays its pro sports reporters less than countless other low-middle jobs and 50 to 100 percent less than it did for comparable positions 10 years ago, that speaks to a diminished present and an almost laughable future.

 

Moddy, if you have an opening no need to post it, just call me.

Seriously though, I don't know Larry, but I know Todd. He called me about an opening he had when he was in North Carolina and I was extremely disappointed the timing didn't work out because I'd love to work with him.

Not that I'd recommend taking a pay cut if you are making more, but some people going to be really happy to get these jobs.

Also, the last time I took a job I was told what the salary range was before I interviewed and managed to squeeze more out of them. Negotiating doesn't begin and end with the ad.

 

Everyone knows your history.

And with that, I'm done. (Sorry, Moddy).



And to get back on course, the San Diego paper is a job. Whatever the pay, it's better than collecting unemployment.

 

I don't know if everyone knows my history and quite frankly, it doesn't matter what "everyone knows" Hank. Grow up. Send a PM if you want to get personal. The talk is about the job in San Diego, not what you think about me, which in reality means nothing.